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US9409906B2 US14/374,953 US201314374953A US9409906B2 US 9409906 B2 US9409906 B2 US 9409906B2 US 201314374953 A US201314374953 A US 201314374953A US 9409906 B2 US9409906 B2 US 9409906B2
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  • the invention relates to pyrimido[4,5-b]indole derivatives. Also, the invention relates to use of pyrimido[4,5-b]indole derivatives for expanding hematopoietic stem cells. Moreover, the invention relates to medical treatments of diseases involving hematopoietic stem cells.
  • HSCs hematopoietic stem cells
  • UOB umbilical cord blood
  • HSCs are used in the transplantation setting (autologous or allogeneic) which constitutes one of the most effective treatment strategies for achieving cures in patients with hematologic malignancies, bone marrow failure conditions, a variety of congenital diseases of global concern (e.g. sickle cell anemia and thalassemia) and autoimmune diseases such as lupus.
  • this opportunity for life-saving or life-improving treatment is not available to many thousands of people worldwide due to an inability to amplify these cells ex vivo sufficiently to make the procedure safe and successful.
  • HLA human leucocyte antigen
  • HSCs hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  • HSCT autologous or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  • G-CSF granulocyte-colony stimulating factor
  • Plerixafor a CXCR4 antagonist approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2008 and in 2011 by Health Canada, enhances mobilization of HSCs when administered with G-CSF.
  • FDA United States Food and Drug Administration
  • Plerixafor is contraindicated in patients with leukemia because of mobilization of leukemic cells.
  • Inability to obtain sufficient numbers of CD34+ cells/kg with currently used mobilization regimens is estimated to affect up to 15% of patients (varies between diseases).
  • Use of autologous HSCT in hematological malignancies is often limited by the fact that both normal and cancer stem cells are present in the bone marrow and thus, likely to be mobilized.
  • Allogeneic HSCT with BM or mPBSC is another transplantation alternative.
  • about one third to one fourth of the patients who are eligible for this type of transplant cannot find a suitable donor.
  • For those who get transplanted there is a high frequency of transplant related mortality due to graft-versus-host disease, relapse or graft rejection; and a risk of immunodeficiency for prolonged periods of time.
  • umbilical cord blood has been shown as a valid option in allogeneic HSCT.
  • a single CB unit typically provides insufficient HSCs for an adult patient for a rapid and efficient hematopoietic recovery.
  • HSC expansion has involved their culture with stromal elements or soluble morphogenic ligands (e.g. stimulating the Notch, Wnt and Hedgehog pathways), targeted manipulation of specific intracellular signaling pathways (PGE2, ROS, p38 and MAPK inhibitors) or manipulation of specific transcription factors (e.g. Hox, Hlf).
  • PGE2, ROS, p38 and MAPK inhibitors targeted manipulation of specific intracellular signaling pathways
  • MAPK inhibitors e.g. Hox, Hlf
  • Other preclinical approaches for ex vivo expansion of HSCs include incubation with: i) StemRegenin1 (SR1), an aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonist (Boitano, A E et al. “Aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonists promote the expansion of human hematopoietic stem cells” Science 329: 1345-1348.
  • StemEx a combination of UCB cells cultured with the copper chelator tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA) and cytokines, co-infused with non-treated UCB cells; phase I results show that time to neutrophil or platelet engraftment was not improved compared to previous reports (de Lima M et al. “Transplantation of ex vivo expanded cord blood cells using the copper chelator tetraethylenepentamine: a phase I/II clinical trial” Bone Marrow Transplant. 2008; 41(9): 771-778); and 16-16 dimethyl prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), used for improving homing of UCBT in a phase I trial.
  • TEPA copper chelator tetraethylenepentamine
  • PGE2 16-16 dimethyl prostaglandin E2
  • Certain pyrimido[4,5-b]indole derivatives are known in the art that are used in that regard; they are disclosed for example in: WO 2003/037898; WO 2004/058764; WO 1998/042708; WO 1997/002266; WO 2000/066585; WO 1993/020078; WO 2006/116733; WO 2008/055233; WO 2010/006032; WO 1995/019970; WO 2005/037825; and WO 2009/004329.
  • these documents do not disclose the pyrimido[4,5-b]indole derivatives according to the invention or their use in the expansion of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells.
  • FIG. 1 Compound 1 does not act through aryl hydrocarbon (AhR) pathway.
  • Mobilized peripheral blood CD34(+) cells were cultured for 12 hours with DMSO, SR1 [AhR antagonist 1000 nM], and Compound 1 [500 nM], cells were harvested and real-time quantitative RT-PCR for AhR-responsive genes (CYP1B1 and AhRR) was performed.
  • Compound 1 unlike SR1, does not suppress AhR-downstream target genes suggesting that its function is independent on AhR pathway.
  • FIG. 2 Effect of compound 1 is reversible.
  • Mobilized peripheral blood CD34(+) cells cultured for 7 days with compound 1 (shown in green) or vehicle (DMSO, shown in blue) were washed and re-plated in fresh media with or without Compound addition (solid vs dashed line respectively).
  • Cells were cultured for 8 additional days and the percentage of CD34+CD45RA ⁇ was monitored. A rapid decrease in CD34+CD45RA ⁇ percentage was observed when compound 1 was washed out indicating that its effect is reversible.
  • FIG. 3 Flt3, SCF, and TPO are required for compound 1 mediated stem cell expansion.
  • Mobilized peripheral blood CD34(+) cells were cultured for 7 days in the presence or absence of the growth factors (Flt3+SCF+TPO).
  • CD34+CD45RA ⁇ cell count was lower in the absence of any of the growth factors suggesting their requirement for the observed effect.
  • FIG. 4 A) Compound 1 reduces differentiation of CD34+ mobilized peripheral blood cells. As determined by FACS analysis, compound 1 was able to expand CD34+ cell population compared to DMSO treated control cells. SR1 synergizes with compound 1 to keep the expanded culture cell CD34+ suggesting that the inhibition of differentiation is even more prominent with the combination. B) Compound 1 reduces differentiation of CD34+ cord blood cells. C) Compound 40 reduces differentiation of CD34+ cord blood cells. D) Compound 40 exhibits a dose-dependent effect on suppression of CD34+ cell differentiation.
  • FIG. 5 A) Compound 1 expands mobilized peripheral blood-derived CD34+ and CD34+CD45RA ⁇ cell populations ex vivo. Although the total cell count was the same in DMSO and compound 1 treated cells, CD34+ population was more than twice that of DMSO. Similarly, CD34+CD45RA ⁇ population was more than three times in the compound 1 treated group vs. DMSO. This observation was enhanced with the co-treatment with SR1.
  • B) Compound 1 enhances expansion of the cord blood-derived CD34+ and CD34+CD45RA ⁇ cells during 7-day incubation.
  • FIG. 6 CD34+ mPB cells were cultured for ten days in the presence of the vehicle (DMSO), SR1, compound 1, and a combination of compound 1 and SR1.
  • DMSO vehicle
  • SR1 compound 1
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  • FIG. 6 CD34+ mPB cells were cultured for ten days in the presence of the vehicle (DMSO), SR1, compound 1, and a combination of compound 1 and SR1.
  • the outcome of 50,000 and 500,000 treated cells were transplanted in NSG mice and the bone marrow analysis was performed after 13 week post-transplantation to evaluate the human hematopoietic engraftment.
  • CD34+ mPB cells treated with Compound 1 engrafted better than that of DMSO the percentage of the human CD45+ cells in the BM was highest in NSG
  • FIG. 7 A) Compound 1 expanded cells are capable of reconstituting human hematopoietic cells in NSG mice. The outcome of 5,000 CD34+ CB Cells treated with vehicle (DMSO), SR1, compound 1 and combination were transplanted in immunocompromised NSG mice. After 8-weeks post transplantation, the bone marrow analysis showed a human CD45+ engraftment in all treatment groups except DMSO. The cells treated with the combination (compound 1+SR1) showed the highest engraftment levels. B) During 12-day in vitro incubation Compound 40 prevents the loss of human hemopoietic cells with ability to engraft NSG mouse bone marrow.
  • FIG. 8 Expansion of primitive cell phenotypes (CD34 + , CD34 + CD90 + , and CD34 + CD45RA + ) in bioreactor using the fed-batch approach as measured by flow cytometry.
  • FB control fed-batch without Compound 40
  • Cpd 40 fed-batch with Compound 40.
  • the inventors have discovered certain pyrimido[4,5-b]indole derivatives. These compounds are useful to expand hematopoietic stem cell populations, particularly, human hematopoietic stem cell populations. The compounds are also useful in the medical treatment of diseases that involve hematopoietic stem cells.
  • the invention provides for compounds of the following general formulas I, II, III, IV, V and VI:
  • the invention provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of general formula I, II, III, IV, V or VI.
  • the invention provides for use of a compound of general formula I, II, III, IV, V or VI to expand hematopoietic stem cells.
  • the hematopoietic stem cells are human cells.
  • the invention provides for a method of increasing hematopoietic stem cells or progenitor cells, the method comprising culturing a starting cell population in the presence of a compound of general formula I, II, III, IV, V or VI.
  • the starting cell population is in vivo, in vitro or ex vivo.
  • the starting cell population comprises CD34+ cells harvested from mobilized peripheral blood (mPB), bone marrow (BM) or umbilical cord blood (UCB).
  • the invention provides for a cell population expanded according to the method of the invention, more specifically, a cell population expanded using a compound according to the invention.
  • the invention provides for hematopoietic stems cells expanded according to the method of the invention, more specifically, hematopoietic stems cells expanded using a compound according to the invention.
  • the invention provides for a method of treating a hematopoietic disorder/malignancy, an autoimmune disease and/or an inherited immunodeficient disease in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject in need of such treatment hematopoietic stem cells expanded using a compound of general formula I, II, III, IV, V or VI, or a compound of general formula I, II, III, IV, V or VI.
  • the hematopoietic disorder/malignancy, the autoimmune disease and/or the inherited immunodeficient disease comprise bone marrow failure conditions, a variety of congenital diseases of global concern (e.g. sickle cell anemia and thalassemia), lupus, acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, myeloproliferative disorders, myelodysplastic syndromes, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, aplastic anemia, pure red cell aplasia, hemoglobinuria, Fanconi anemia, thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, inborn errors of metabolism (such as Gaucher disease among others).
  • congenital diseases of global concern e.g. sickle cell anemia and thalassemia
  • lupus acute myeloid leukemia,
  • the invention provides for a kit for use in increasing stem or progenitor cells or in expanding hematopoietic stem cells, the kit comprising a compound of general formula I, II, III, IV, V or VI, and instructions for use.
  • the kit comprises at least one cell expanding factor which is a biologic or another small molecule.
  • the inventors have discovered certain pyrimido[4,5-b]indole derivatives. These compounds are useful to expand hematopoietic stem cell populations, particularly, human hematopoietic stem cell populations. The compounds are also useful in the medical treatment of diseases that involve hematopoietic stem cells.
  • the compounds according the invention have the general Formula I, II, III, IV, V or IV shown below. Salts or prodrugs of such compounds are also within the scope of the compounds according to the invention.
  • Z is: 1) —P(O)(OR 1 )(OR 1 ), 2) —C(O)OR 1 , 3) —C(O)NHR 1 , 4) —C(O)N(R 1 )R 1 , 5) —C(O)R 1 , 6) —CN, 7) —SR 1 , 8) —S(O) 2 NH 2 , 9) —S(O) 2 NHR 1 , 10) —S(O) 2 N(R 1 )R 1 , 11) —S(O)R 1 , 12) —S(O) 2 R 1 , 13) -L, 14) -benzyl optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 R A or R 1 substituents, 15) -L-heteroaryl optionally substituted with one or more R A or R 1 substituents attached on either or both the L and the heteroaryl groups, 16) -L-heterocyclyl optionally substituted with one or more R A
  • each substituent is optionally attached to the L group if it is not already present; and, when (R 1 ) and R 1 are attached to a nitrogen atom, optionally they join together with the nitrogen atom to form a 3 to 7-membered ring which optionally includes one or more other heteroatom selected from N, O and S, optionally the ring is substituted with one or more R 1 or R A .
  • W is H, a halogen or a group that is attached to the pyrimido indole core of the molecule through an atom which is N, O, S, or C.
  • W comprises at least one moiety which is saturated, unsaturated, linear, branched and/or cyclic alkyl and/or heteroalkyl having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
  • the moiety comprises at least one other hetero atom which is N, O or S.
  • W in the chemical structure of the compounds according to the invention can belong to various categories of chemical groups commonly used in the art.
  • W is: 1) —H, 2) -halogen, 3) —OR 1 , 4) -L-OH, 5) -L-OR 1 , 6) —SR 1 , 7) —CN, 8) —P(O)(OR 1 )(OR 1 ), 9) —NHR 1 , 10) —N(R 1 )R 1 , 11) -L-NH 2 , 12) -L-NHR 1 , 13) -L-N(R 1 )R 1 , 14) -L-SR 1 , 15 -L-S(O)R 1 , 16) -L-S(O) 2 R 1 , 17) -L-P(O)(OR 1 )(OR 1 ), 18) —C(O)OR 1 , 19) —C(O)NH 2 , 20) —C(O)NHR 1 , 21) —C(O)N(R 1 )R 1 , 22) —NHC(
  • each substituent is optionally attached to the L group if it is not already present; and when two R 1 substituents are present on the same nitrogen atom, then each R 1 substituent is independently selected from the list of R 1 values described thereafter; and n is an integer equal to either 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5; and, when (R 1 ) and R 1 are attached to a nitrogen atom, optionally they join together with the nitrogen atom to form a 3 to 7-membered ring which optionally includes one or more other heteroatom selected from N, O and S, optionally the ring is substituted with one or more R 1 or R A .
  • L is: 1) —C 1-6 alkyl, 2) —C 2-6 alkenyl, 3) —C 2-6 alkynyl, 4) —C 3-7 cycloalkyl, 5) —C 3-7 cycloalkenyl, 6) heterocyclyl, 7) —C 1-6 alkyl-C 3-7 cycloalkyl, 8) —C 1-6 alkyl-heterocyclyl, 9) aryl, or 10) heteroaryl.
  • the alkyl, the alkenyl, the alkynyl, the cycloalkyl, the cycloalkenyl, the heterocyclyl, the aryl and the heteroaryl groups are each independently optionally substituted with one or two R A substituent.
  • R 1 is: 1) —H, 2) —C 1-6 alkyl, 3) —C 2-6 alkenyl, 4) —C 2-6 alkynyl, 5) —C 3-7 cycloalkyl, 6) —C 3-7 cycloalkenyl, 7) —C 1-5 perfluorinated, 8) -heterocyclyl, 9) -aryl, 10) -heteroaryl, 11) -benzyl, or 12) 5-[(3aS,4S,6aR)-2-oxohexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-4-yl]pentanoyl.
  • the alkyl, the alkenyl, the alkynyl, the cycloalkenyl, the perfluorinated alkyl, the heterocyclyl, the aryl, the heteroaryl and the benzyl groups are each independently optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 R A or R 1 substituents.
  • R 2 is: 1) —H, 2) —C 1-6 alkyl, 3) —SR 1 , 4) —C(O)R 1 , 5) —S(O)R 1 , 6) —S(O) 2 R 1 , 7) -benzyl optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 R A or R 1 substituents, 8) -L-heteroaryl optionally substituted with one or more R A or R 1 substituents attached on either one or both the L and the heteroaryl groups, 9) -L-heterocyclyl optionally substituted with one or more R A or R 1 substituents attached on either one or both the L and the heterocyclyl groups, 10) -L-aryl optionally substituted with one or more R A or R 1 substituents attached on either one or both the L and the aryl groups, 11) -heteroaryl optionally substituted with one or more R A or R 1 substituents, or 12) -aryl optionally substituted with one or
  • R A is: 1) -halogen, 2) —CF 3 , 3) —OH, 4) —OR 1 , 5) -L-OH, 6) -L-OR 1 , 7) —OCF 3 , 8) —SH, 9) —SR 1 , 10) —CN, 11) —NO 2 , 12) —NH 2 , 13) —NHR 1 , 14) —NR 1 R 1 , 15) -L-NH 2 , 16) -L-NHR 1 , 17) -L-NR 4 R 1 , 18) -L-SR 1 , 19) -L-S(O)R 1 , 20) -L-S(O) 2 R 1 , 21) —C(O)OH, 22) —C(O)OR 1 , 23) —C(O)NH 2 , 24) —C(O)NHR 1 , 25) —C(O)N(R 1 )R 1 , 26) —
  • the compounds have the general Formula IIA, IIB, IIC, IVA or VIA shown below. Salts or prodrugs of such compounds are also within the scope of the compounds according to the invention.
  • R 1 , W and R 2 are each as defined herein above.
  • W and R 2 are each as defined herein above, and Het is a 3 to 7-membered heterocycle, optionally substituted with one or more R 1 or R A as defined herein above.
  • W and R 2 are each as herein above;
  • R 5 and R 6 are the same or different and are each independently L as defined herein above, or they join together with C to form a 5 to 7-membered ring which optionally includes one or more heteroatom selected from N, O and S, and optionally the ring is substituted with one or more R 1 or R A .
  • the ring is a 5-membered ring and the heteroatom is a nitrogen atom.
  • the ring includes four nitrogen atoms.
  • R 2 is benzyl.
  • W, L, R 1 and R 2 are each as defined herein above.
  • m, Li, R 3 and R 4 are each as defined herein above.
  • Z is CO 2 Me or 2-methyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl;
  • R 2 is benzyl, 3-thienylmethyl or 3-pyridinyl methyl;
  • W is NH-L-N(R 1 )R 1 wherein L is C 2-4 alkyl and R 1 is C 1-4 alkyl or (R 1 ) and R 1 join together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached to form a 3 to 7-membered ring, which optionally includes one or more other heteroatom selected from N, O and S, optionally the ring is substituted with one or more R 1 or R A .
  • the compounds of the invention are compounds No. 1 to 55 depicted in Table 1 herein below. Salts or prodrugs of such compounds are also within the scope of the compounds according to the invention.
  • the compounds have the formulas depicted in Table 1 herein below. Salts or prodrugs of such compounds are also within the scope of the compounds according to the invention.
  • alkyl is intended to include both branched and straight chain saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon groups having the specified number of carbon atoms, for example, C 1 -C 6 in C 1 -C 6 alkyl is defined as including groups having 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 carbons in a linear or branched saturated arrangement.
  • Examples of C 1 -C 6 alkyl as defined above include, but are not limited to, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, i-propyl, n-butyl, t-butyl, i-butyl, pentyl, and hexyl.
  • cycloalkyl is intended to mean a monocyclic saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group having the specified number of carbon atoms therein, for example, C 3 -C 7 in C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl is defined as including groups having 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 carbons in a monocyclic saturated arrangement.
  • Examples of C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl as defined above include, but are not limited to, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl and cycloheptyl.
  • alkenyl is intended to mean unsaturated straight or branched chain hydrocarbon groups having the specified number of carbon atoms therein, and in which at least two of the carbon atoms are bonded to each other by a double bond, and having either E or Z regiochemistry and combinations thereof.
  • C 2 -C 6 in C 2 -C 6 alkenyl is defined as including groups having 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 carbons in a linear or branched arrangement, at least two of the carbon atoms being bonded together by a double bond.
  • Examples of C 2 -C 6 alkenyl include, but are not limited to, ethenyl (vinyl), 1-propenyl, 2-propenyl, 1-butenyl and the like.
  • alkynyl is intended to mean unsaturated, straight chain hydrocarbon groups having the specified number of carbon atoms therein and in which at least two carbon atoms are bonded together by a triple bond.
  • C 2 -C 4 alkynyl is defined as including groups having 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms in a chain, at least two of the carbon atoms being bonded together by a triple bond.
  • alkynyl include, but are not limited to, ethynyl, 1-propynyl, 2-propynyl and the like.
  • cycloalkenyl is intended to mean a monocyclic saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group having the specified number of carbon atoms therein, for example, C 3 -C 7 in C 3 -C 7 cycloalkenyl is defined as including groups having 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 carbons in a monocyclic arrangement. Examples of C 3 -C 7 cycloalkenyl as defined above include, but are not limited to, cyclopentenyl, cyclohexenyl and the like.
  • halo or halogen is intended to mean fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine.
  • haloalkyl is intended to mean an alkyl as defined above, in which each hydrogen atom may be successively replaced by a halogen atom.
  • haloalkyl include, but are not limited to, CH 2 F, CHF 2 and CF 3 .
  • aryl either alone or in combination with another radical, means a carbocyclic aromatic monocyclic group containing 6 carbon atoms which may be further fused to a second 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic group which may be aromatic, saturated or unsaturated.
  • aryl include, but are not limited to, phenyl, indanyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, tetrahydronaphthyl and the like.
  • the aryl may be connected to another group either at a suitable position on the cycloalkyl ring or the aromatic ring.
  • heteroaryl is intended to mean a monocyclic or bicyclic ring system of up to 10 atoms, wherein at least one ring is aromatic, and contains from 1 to 4 hetero atoms selected from the group consisting of O, N, and S.
  • the heteroaryl may be attached either via a ring carbon atom or one of the heteroatoms.
  • heteroaryl examples include, but are not limited to, thienyl, benzimidazolyl, benzo[b]thienyl, furyl, benzofuranyl, pyranyl, isobenzofuranyl, chromenyl, xanthenyl, 2H-pyrrolyl, pyrrolyl, imidazolyl, pyrazolyl, pyridyl, pyrazinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyridazinyl, indolizinyl, isoindolyl, 3H-indolyl, indolyl, indazolyl, purinyl, 4H-quinolizinyl, isoquinolyl, quinolyl, phthalazinyl, napthyridinyl, quinoxalinyl, quinazolinyl, cinnolinyl, pteridinyl, isothiazolyl, isochromanyl, chromanyl, is
  • heterocycle As used herein, the term “heterocycle,” “heterocyclic” or “heterocyclyl” is intended to mean a 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 membered non-aromatic ring system containing from 1 to 4 heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of O, N and S.
  • heterocycles include, but are not limited to, pyrrolidinyl, tetrahydrofuranyl, piperidyl, 3,5-dimethylpiperidyl, pyrrolinyl, piperazinyl, imidazolidinyl, morpholinyl, imidazolinyl, pyrazolidinyl, pyrazolinyl, and the like, where the attachment to the ring can be on either the nitrogen atom or a carbon atom of the ring such as described hereafter:
  • the term “optionally substituted with one or more substituents” or its equivalent term “optionally substituted with at least one substituent” is intended to mean that the subsequently described event of circumstances may or may not occur, and that the description includes instances where the event or circumstance occurs and instances in which it does not. The definition is intended to mean from zero to five substituents.
  • subject or “patient” is intended to mean humans and non-human mammals such as primates, cats, dogs, swine, cattle, sheep, goats, horses, rabbits, rats, mice and the like.
  • the substituent may be protected with a suitable protecting group (PG) that is stable to the reaction conditions used in these methods.
  • the protecting group may be removed at a suitable point in the reaction sequence of the method to provide a desired intermediate or target compound.
  • PG protecting group
  • Suitable protecting groups and the methods for protecting and de-protecting different substituents using such suitable protecting groups are well known to those skilled in the art; examples of which may be found in T. Greene and P. Wuts, “Protecting Groups in Chemical Synthesis” (4th ed.), John Wiley & Sons, NY (2007), which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
  • a substituent may be specifically selected to be reactive under the reaction conditions used in the methods described herein. Under these circumstances, the reaction conditions convert the selected substituent into another substituent that is either useful in an intermediate compound in the methods described herein or is a desired substituent in a target compound.
  • pharmaceutically acceptable salt is intended to mean both acid and base addition salts.
  • the term “pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt” is intended to mean those salts which retain the biological effectiveness and properties of the free bases, which are not biologically or otherwise undesirable, and which are formed with inorganic acids such as hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid and the like, and organic acids such as acetic acid, trifluoroacetic acid, propionic acid, glycolic acid, pyruvic acid, oxalic acid, maleic acid, malonic acid, succinic acid, fumaric acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, benzoic acid, cinnamic acid, mandelic acid, methanesulfonic acid, ethanesulfonic acid, p-toluenesulfonic acid, salicylic acid, and the like.
  • inorganic acids such as hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid and the like
  • organic acids such as acetic acid,
  • salts derived from inorganic bases include, but are not limited to, the sodium, potassium, lithium, ammonium, calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, aluminum salts and the like.
  • Salts derived from organic bases include, but are not limited to, salts of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines, substituted amines including naturally occurring substituted amines, cyclic amines and basic ion exchange resins, such as isopropylamine, trimethylamine, diethylamine, triethylamine, tripropylamine, ethanolamine, 2-dimethylaminoethanol, 2-diethylaminoethanol, dicyclohexylamine, lysine, arginine, histidine, caffeine, procaine, hydrabamine, choline, betaine, ethylenediamine, glucosamine, methylglucamine, theobromine, purines, piperazine, piperidine, N-ethylpiperidine, polyamine resins and the like.
  • basic ion exchange resins such as isopropylamine, trimethylamine, diethylamine, triethylamine, tripropylamine, ethanolamine,
  • the compounds according to the invention or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts may contain one or more asymmetric centers, chiral axes and chiral planes and may thus give rise to enantiomers, diastereomers, and other stereoisomeric forms and may be defined in terms of absolute stereochemistry, such as (R)- or (S)- or, as (D)- or (L)- for amino acids.
  • the present is intended to include all such possible isomers, as well as, their racemic and optically pure forms.
  • Optically active (+) and ( ⁇ ), (R)- and (S)-, or (D)- and (L)-isomers may be prepared using chiral synthons or chiral reagents, or resolved using conventional techniques, such as reverse phase HPLC.
  • the racemic mixtures may be prepared and thereafter separated into individual optical isomers or these optical isomers may be prepared by chiral synthesis.
  • the enantiomers may be resolved by methods known to those skilled in the art, for example by formation of diastereoisomeric salts which may then be separated by crystallization, gas-liquid or liquid chromatography, selective reaction of one enantiomer with an enantiomer specific reagent. It will also be appreciated by those skilled in the art that where the desired enantiomer is converted into another chemical entity by a separation technique, an additional step is then required to form the desired enantiomeric form. Alternatively specific enantiomers may be synthesized by asymmetric synthesis using optically active reagents, substrates, catalysts, or solvents or by converting one enantiomer to another by asymmetric transformation.
  • Certain compounds according to the invention may exist as a mix of epimers.
  • Epimers means diastereoisomers that have the opposite configuration at only one of two or more stereogenic centers present in the respective compound.
  • Compounds according to the invention may exist in Zwitterionic form and the present includes Zwitterionic forms of these compounds and mixtures thereof.
  • the compounds according to the invention also may exist in hydrated and anhydrous forms. Hydrates of the compound of any of the formulas described herein are included. In a further embodiment, the compound according to any of the formulas described herein is a monohydrate. In embodiments of the invention, the compounds described herein comprise about 10% or less, about 9% or less, about 8% or less, about 7% or less, about 6% or less, about 5% or less, about 4% or less, about 3% or less, about 2% or less, about 1% or less, about 0.5% or less, about 0.1% or less by weight of water.
  • the compounds described herein comprise, about 0.1% or more, about 0.5% or more, about 1% or more, about 2% or more, about 3% or more, about 4% or more, about 5% or more, or about 6% or more by weight of water.
  • prodrug refers to a compound which, when metabolized (e.g., in vivo), yields the desired active compound.
  • the prodrug is inactive, or less active than the desired active compound, but may provide advantageous handling, administration, or metabolic properties.
  • a reference to a particular compound also includes prodrugs thereof.
  • EC 50 is intended to mean the concentration that results in a 50% increase in CD34+CD45RA ⁇ cell count compared to vehicle cultures (DMSO).
  • hematopoietic stem cells or “HSCs” is intended to mean cells having both pluripotency which allows them to differentiate into functional mature cells such as granulocytes (e.g., promyelocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils), erythrocytes (e.g., reticulocytes, erythrocytes), thrombocytes (e.g., megakaryoblasts, platelet producing megakaryocytes, platelets), and monocytes (e.g., monocytes, macrophages), and the ability to regenerate while maintaining their pluripotency (self-renewal).
  • granulocytes e.g., promyelocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils
  • erythrocytes e.g., reticulocytes, erythrocytes
  • thrombocytes e.g., megakaryoblasts, platelet producing megakary
  • HSCs are part of the starting cell population. These cells are optionally obtained from the body or an organ of the body containing cells of hematopoietic origin. Such sources include un-fractionated bone marrow, umbilical cord, peripheral blood, liver, thymus, lymph and spleen. All of the aforementioned crude or un-fractionated blood products can be enriched for cells having hematopoietic stem cell characteristics in ways known to those of skill in the art.
  • starting cell population is meant to identify a cell population comprising HSCs harvested from one of various sources mentioned above, as known in the art.
  • the starting cell population can be enriched in CD34+ cells meaning a cell population selected based on the presence of the cell surface marker CD34+.
  • CD34+ cells can be detected and counted using for example flow cytometry and fluorescently labeled anti-CD34 antibodies.
  • the starting cell population may be used directly for expansion or frozen and stored for use at a later point in time.
  • HSCs During hematopoiesis, HSCs first diverge into the progenitor stage into the myeloid lineage and the lymphoid lineage, then differentiate into myeloid stem cells (mixed colony forming cells, CFU-GEMM) and into lymphoid stem cells, respectively.
  • myeloid stem cells mixed colony forming cells, CFU-GEMM
  • myeloid stem cells differentiate into erythrocytes via erythroid burst forming cells (BFU-E) and erythroid colony forming cells (CFU-E), into thrombocytes via megakaryocyte colony forming cells (CFU-MEG), into monocytes, neutrophils and basophils via granulocyte-macrophage colony forming cells (CFU-GM), and into eosinophils via eosinophil colony forming cells (CFU-Eo), while lymphoid stem cells differentiate into T cells via T lymphoid progenitor cells and into B cells via B lymphoid progenitor cells.
  • These myeloid stem cells and various hematopoietic progenitor cells derived from them are identified by the properties of colonies they form on soft agar, semisolid methylcellulose media or the like in the presence of various cytokines.
  • the present invention also includes use of a compound according to the invention and as defined herein, or a salt thereof, in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of a subject (or patient) suffering from the following non-limiting list of disorders: autologous or allogeneic transplantation or treatment of a subject (or patient) suffering from the above-mentioned disorders or from auto-immune disorders.
  • Examples of hematological malignancies/disorders and congenital diseases may include, without limitation, acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, myeloproliferative disorders, myelodysplastic syndromes, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, aplastic anemia, pure red cell aplasia, hemoglobinuria, Fanconi anemia, thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, inborn errors of metabolism (such as Gaucher disease among others).
  • immunological disorders that may benefit from transplantation are numerous and include multiple sclerosis, lupus, certain forms or arthritis, severe combined immunodeficiencies, and the like.
  • the present invention encompasses administration, to a patient suffering from any one of the above-mentioned disorders/malignancies, HSCs that are expanded using a compound according to the invention.
  • the compounds and compositions as described can be used in the following non-limiting settings: autologous or allogeneic transplantation or treatment of a subject (or patient) suffering from the above-mentioned disorders or from auto-immune disorders.
  • hematological malignancies/disorders and congenital diseases may include, without limitation, acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, myeloproliferative disorders, myelodysplastic syndromes, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, aplastic anemia, pure red cell aplasia, hemoglobinuria, Fanconi anemia, thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, inborn errors of metabolism (such as Gaucher disease among others).
  • immunological disorders that may benefit from transplantation are numerous and include multiple sclerosis, lupus,
  • the present invention encompasses administration, to a patient suffering from any one of the above-mentioned disorders/malignancies, HSCs that are expanded using a compound according to the invention.
  • a cell population obtained after expansion using the method according to the invention and as described herein is also encompassed within the present invention.
  • Both hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells can be harvested from adult, umbilical cord blood, fetal or embryonic sources.
  • Cell expansion using the method of the present invention can lead to an increase in the number of progenitor cells which is useful in hastening the time to neutrophil or platelet engraftment, for example.
  • Such method comprises: culturing a starting population comprising HSCs with an agent capable of increasing the number of HSCs.
  • the starting population may be enriched in the cell surface marker of interest or a combination thereof (for e.g. CD34+, CD34+CD45RA+/ ⁇ )
  • the invention therefore relates to a method for expanding hematopoietic stem cells, comprising (a) providing a starting cell population comprising hematopoietic stem cells and (b) culturing said starting cell population ex vivo under suitable conditions for expanding hematopoietic stem cells.
  • the invention therefore relates to a method for expanding hematopoietic stem cells, comprising (a) providing a starting cell population comprising hematopoietic stem cells and (b) culturing said starting cell population ex vivo under suitable conditions for expanding hematopoietic stem cells.
  • said method for expanding hematopoietic stem cells comprises (a) providing a starting cell population comprising hematopoietic stem cells and (b) culturing said starting cell population ex vivo in the presence of the compound or composition of the present invention.
  • the cell population may first be subjected to enrichment or purification steps, including negative and/or positive selection of cells based on specific cellular markers in order to provide the starting cell population.
  • Methods for isolating said starting cell population based on specific cellular markers may use fluorescent activated cell sorting (FACS) technology also called flow cytometry or solid or insoluble substrate to which is bound antibodies or ligands that interact with specific cell surface markers.
  • FACS fluorescent activated cell sorting
  • cells may be contacted with a solid substrate (e.g., column of beads, flasks, magnetic particles) containing the antibodies and any unbound cells are removed.
  • a solid substrate comprising magnetic or paramagnetic beads
  • cells bound to the beads can be readily isolated by a magnetic separator.
  • said starting cell population is enriched in CD34+ cells.
  • Methods for enriching blood cell population in CD34+ cells include kits commercialized by Miltenyi Biotec (CD34+ direct isolation kit, Miltenyi Biotec, Bergisch, Gladbach, Germany) or by Baxter (Isolex 3000).
  • the amount of cord blood from a single birth is often inadequate to treat an adult or an older child.
  • One advantage of the expansion method using the compound or composition of the invention is that it enables the production of a sufficient amount of hematopoietic stem cells from only one cord blood unit.
  • the starting cell population is derived from neonatal umbilical cord blood cells which have been enriched in CD34+ cells.
  • said starting cell population is derived from one or two umbilical cord blood units.
  • the starting cell population is derived from human mobilized peripheral blood cells which have been enriched in CD34+ cells. In one related embodiment, said starting cell population is derived from human mobilized peripheral blood cells isolated from only one patient.
  • Said starting cell population may preferably contain at least 50% CD34+ cells, in some embodiments, more than 90% of CD34+ cells.
  • Culture conditions of the starting cell population for hematopoietic stem cell expansion will vary depending on the starting cell population, the desired final number of cells, and desired final proportion of HSCs.
  • the culturing conditions comprises the use of other cell expanding factors like cytokines and growth factors, generally known in the art for HSC expansion.
  • cytokines and growth factors can be biologics or small molecules and they include without limitation IL-1, IL-3, IL-6, IL-11, G-CSF, GM-CSF, SCF, FIT3-L, thrombopoietin (TPO), erythropoietin, and analogs thereof.
  • analogs include any structural variants of the cytokines and growth factors having the biological activity as the naturally occurring forms, including without limitation, variants with enhanced or decreased biological activity when compared to the naturally occurring forms or cytokine receptor agonists such as an agonist antibody against the TPO receptor (for example, VB22B sc(Fv)2 as detailed in patent publication WO 2007/145227, and the like). Cytokine and growth factor combinations are chosen to expand HSC and progenitor cells while limiting the production of terminally differentiated cells. In one specific embodiment, one or more cytokines and growth factors are selected from the group consisting of SCF, Flt3-L and TPO.
  • Human IL6 or interleukin-6 also known as B-cell stimulatory factor 2 has been described by (Kishimoto, Ann. review of 1 mm. 23:1 2005) and is commercially available.
  • Human SCF or stem cell factor also known as c-kit ligand, mast cell growth factor or Steel factor has been described (Smith, M A et al., ACTA Haematologica, 105, 3:143, 2001) and is commercially available.
  • Flt3-L or FLT-3 Ligand also referred as FL is a factor that binds to flt3-receptor. It has been described (Hannum C, Nature 368 (6472): 643-8) and is commercially available.
  • TPO or thrombopoietin also known as megakarayocyte growth factor (MGDF) or c-Mpl ligand has been described (Kaushansky K (2006). N. Engl. J. Med. 354 (19): 2034-45) and is commercially available.
  • MGDF megakarayocyte growth factor
  • c-Mpl ligand has been described (Kaushansky K (2006). N. Engl. J. Med. 354 (19): 2034-45) and is commercially available.
  • the chemical components and biological components mentioned above may be used not only by adding them to the medium but also by immobilizing them onto the surface of the substrate or support used for the culture, specifically speaking, by dissolving a component to be used in an appropriate solvent, coating the substrate or support with the resulting solution and then washing away an excess of the component.
  • a component to be used may be added to the substrate or support preliminarily coated with a substance which binds to the component.
  • the expansion of HSC may be carried out in natural medium, a semi-synthetic medium or a synthetic medium in terms of composition, and may be a solid medium, a semisolid medium or a liquid medium in terms of shape, and any nutrient medium used for hematopoietic stem cell and/or hematopoietic progenitor cell culture, which is supplemented with the mixtures of cell expanding factors described above.
  • Such medium typically comprises sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, chlorine, amino acids, vitamins, cytokines, hormones, antibiotics, serum, fatty acids, saccharides or the like.
  • other chemical components or biological components may be incorporated singly or in combination, as the case requires.
  • Such components to be incorporated in the medium may be fetal calf serum, human serum, horse serum, insulin, transfferin, lactoferrin, cholesterol, ethanolamine, sodium selenite, monothioglycerol, 2-mercaptoethanol, bovine serum albumin, sodium pyruvate, polyethylene glycol, various vitamins, various amino acids, agar, agarose, collagen, methylcellulose, various cytokines, various growth factors or the like.
  • SFEM StemSpan
  • the compound or the composition of the invention is administered during the expansion method of said starting cell population under a concentration appropriate for HSC expansion. In one specific embodiment, said compound or composition is administered at a concentration comprised between 1 and 3000 nmol or for example between 1 and 100 nmol.
  • starting cell population essentially consists of CD34+ enriched cells from one or two cord blood units, or from mobilized PB cells or from harvested bone marrow
  • the cells are grown under conditions for HSC expansion, for example between 2 and 21 days and/or until the indicated fold expansion and the characteristic cell populations are obtained.
  • the cells are grown ex vivo under conditions for HSC expansion not more than 21 days, 12 days, 10 days or 7 days.
  • the cell population may then be washed to remove the compound or composition of invention and/or any other component of the cell culture and resuspended in an appropriate cell suspension medium for short term use or in a long-term storage medium, for example a medium suitable for cryopreservation.
  • the HSCs and/or hematopoietic progenitor cells can be cultured in a culture vessel generally used for animal cell culture such as a Petri dish, a flask, a plastic bag, a TeflonTM bag, optionally after preliminary coating with an extracellular matrix or a cell adhesion molecule.
  • a culture vessel generally used for animal cell culture such as a Petri dish, a flask, a plastic bag, a TeflonTM bag, optionally after preliminary coating with an extracellular matrix or a cell adhesion molecule.
  • the material for such a coating may be collagens I to XIX, fibronectin, vitronectin, laminins 1 to 12, nitrogen, tenascin, thrombospondin, von Willebrand factor, osteoponin, fibrinogen, various elastins, various proteoglycans, various cadherins, desmocolin, desmoglein, various integrins, E-selectin, P-selectin, L-selectin, immunoglobulin superfamily, Matrigel, poly-D-lysine, poly-L-lysine, chitin, chitosan, Sepharose, alginic acid gel, hydrogel or a fragment thereof.
  • Such a coating material may be a recombinant material having an artificially modified amino acid sequence.
  • the hematopoietic stem cells and/or hematopoietic progenitor cells may be cultured by using a bioreactor which can mechanically control the medium composition, pH and the like and obtain high density culture (Schwartz R M, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 88:6760, 1991; Koller M R, Bone Marrow Transplant, 21:653, 1998; Koller, M R, Blood, 82: 378, 1993; Astori G, Bone Marrow Transplant, 35: 1101, 2005).
  • the invention further provides a cell population with expanded HSCs, obtainable or obtained by the expansion method described above.
  • such cell population is resuspended in a pharmaceutically acceptable medium suitable for administration to a mammalian host, thereby providing a therapeutic composition.
  • the invention further provides the cell population with expanded HSCs or its composition for use in allogeneic or autologous stem cell transplantation in a mammalian subject.
  • the subject referred to herein is, for example, a bone marrow donor or an individual with or at risk for depleted or limited blood cell levels.
  • the subject is a bone marrow donor prior to bone marrow harvesting or a bone marrow donor after bone marrow harvesting.
  • the subject is optionally a recipient of a bone marrow transplant.
  • the methods described herein are particularly useful in subjects that have limited bone marrow reserve such as elderly subjects or subjects previously exposed to an immune depleting treatment or myeloablative treatment such as chemotherapy, e.g., for treating leukemia or lymphomas.
  • the subject optionally, has a decreased blood cell level or is at risk for developing a decreased blood cell level as compared to a control blood cell level.
  • control blood cell level refers to an average level of blood cells in a subject prior to or in the substantial absence of an event that changes blood cell levels in the subject.
  • An event that changes blood cell levels in a subject includes, for example, anemia, trauma, chemotherapy, bone marrow transplant and radiation therapy.
  • the subject has anemia or blood loss due to, for example, trauma.
  • the transplant may be a composition containing a buffer solution, an antibiotic, a pharmaceutical in addition to hematopoietic stem cells and/or hematopoietic progenitor cells expanded by the method of the present invention.
  • the expanded HSC population or the composition comprising the cell population with expanded HSCs is administered to the subject, for example, before, at the same time, or after chemotherapy, radiation therapy or a bone marrow transplant.
  • the subject optionally has depleted bone marrow related to, for example, congenital, genetic or acquired syndrome characterized by bone marrow loss or depleted bone marrow.
  • the subject is optionally a subject in need of hematopoiesis.
  • the subject is a bone marrow donor or is a subject with or at risk for depleted bone marrow.
  • Hematopoietic stem cell manipulation is useful as a supplemental treatment to chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
  • HSCs are localized into the peripheral blood and then isolated from a subject that will undergo chemotherapy, and after the therapy the cells are returned.
  • the subject is a subject undergoing or expected to undergo an immune cell depleting treatment such as chemotherapy, radiation therapy or serving as a donor for a bone marrow transplant.
  • Bone marrow is one of the most prolific tissues in the body and is therefore often the organ that is initially damaged by chemotherapy drugs and radiation. The result is that blood cell production is rapidly destroyed during chemotherapy or radiation treatment, and chemotherapy or radiation must be terminated to allow the hematopoietic system to replenish the blood cell supplies before a patient is re-treated with chemotherapy. Therefore, as described herein, HSCs or blood cells made by the methods described herein are optionally administered to such subjects in need of additional blood cells.
  • a therapeutic capable of enhancing the proliferation of HSCs in vivo, in vitro, or ex vivo for example, a small molecule, an antibody, or the like
  • optionally at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier for example, a small molecule, an antibody, or the like
  • a therapeutic capable of enhancing HSC proliferation is meant: an agonist antibody against the TPO receptor (for example, VB22B sc(Fv)2 as detailed in patent publication WO 2007/145227, and the like); a cytokine such as SCF, IL-6, Flt-3 ligand, TPO or a TPO mimetic (for example, such as described in WO/2007/022269; WO/2007/009120; WO/2004/054515; WO/2003/103686; WO/2002/085343; WO/2002/049413; WO/2001/089457; WO/2001/039773; WO/2001/034585; WO/2001/021180; WO/2001/021180; WO/2001/017349; WO/2000/066112; WO/2000/035446; WO/2000/028987; WO/2008/028645; and the like); granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF
  • pharmaceutically acceptable is meant a material that is not biologically or otherwise undesirable, i.e., the material may be administered to a subject or cell, without causing undesirable biological effects or interacting in a deleterious manner with the other components of the pharmaceutical composition in which it is contained.
  • the carrier or excipient is selected to minimize degradation of the active ingredient and to minimize adverse side effects in the subject or cell.
  • compositions are formulated in any conventional manner for use in the methods described herein. Administration is via any route known to be effective by one of ordinary skill.
  • the composition is administered orally, parenterally (e.g., intravenously), by intramuscular injection, by intraperitoneal injection, transdermally, extracorporeally, intranasally or topically.
  • the preferred method of administration is intravenous infusion.
  • the number of cells transfused will take into consideration factors such as sex, age, weight, the types of disease or disorder, stage of the disorder, the percentage of the desired cells in the cell population and the amount of cells needed to produce a therapeutic benefit.
  • the composition is administered by intravenous infusion and comprises at least ⁇ 0.3 ⁇ 10 5 CD34 + /kg or >2 ⁇ 10 6 CD34 + for cord blood and 2.5 ⁇ 10 5 CD34 + /kg or more for bone marrow or mobilized peripheral blood cells.
  • the infused cells are all deriving from expanded cord blood cells from a single birth.
  • Expanded hematopoietic stem cells and/or hematopoietic progenitor cells may be infused by drip, for example, in the case of treatment of leukemia, into patients pretreated with an anticancer drug, total body irradiation or an immunosuppressive drug for eradication of cancer cells or for facilitation of donor cell engraftment.
  • the disease to be treated, the pretreatment and the cell transplantation method are selected appropriately by the person in charge.
  • the engraftment of so transplanted hematopoietic stem cells and/or hematopoietic progenitor cells in the recipient, the recovery of hematopoiesis, the presence of side effects of the transplantation and the therapeutic effect of the transplantation can be judged by an ordinary assay used in transplantation therapy.
  • the present invention makes it possible to expand hematopoietic stem cells and/or hematopoietic progenitor cells and to carryout transplantation therapy safely and easily in a short term by using the expanded HSCs.
  • kits comprising one or more containers filled with one or more of the ingredients described herein.
  • kits optionally comprise solutions and buffers as needed or desired.
  • the kit optionally includes an expanded population of stem cells made by the methods described above or can contain containers or compositions for making an expanded population of HSCs.
  • the invention provides a kit for expanding ex vivo hematopoietic stem cells, comprising a compound as defined in the Summary of Invention and instructions for use of such compound in a method for HSC expansion and, optionally, one or more cell expanding factors, or media for cell growth, in particular media for HSC growth as described above.
  • the kit may further comprise antibodies for monitoring production of the cells, such as anti-CD34, anti-CD38 and/or anti-CD45RA antibodies.
  • such kit further includes one or more cell expanding factor selected from the group consisting of IL6, FLT3-L, SCF and TPO.
  • Optionally associated with such pack(s) or kit(s) are instructions for use.
  • kits for providing an effective amount of a compound of the invention to increase HSCs in a subject comprising one or more doses of the compound for use over a period of time, wherein the total number of doses of the compound of the invention in the kit equals the effective amount sufficient to increase HSCs in a subject.
  • the period of time is from about one to several days or weeks or months. Thus, the period of time is from at least about 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 20, 21, 30 or 60 days or more or any number of days between one and 180.
  • CD34+ cells from the various sources known by a person skilled in the art to isolate CD34+ cells.
  • Mononuclear cells were stained with Mouse antihuman CD34+APC (from BD Pharmingen) and subsequently magnetically labeled with Anti-APC magnetic MicroBeads (from MACS, Miltenyi Biotec). The magnetically labeled cells were retained using AutoMACS column.
  • CD34 + CD45RA ⁇ cells were cultured in 50 ⁇ l medium containing 1 ⁇ M of test compounds or 0.1% DMSO (vehicle).
  • the proportion of CD34 + CD45RA ⁇ cells was determined at the start of the experiment and after a 7-day incubation.
  • Six out of the 5,280 compounds of different chemical backgrounds initially tested promoted CD34+CD45RA ⁇ cell expansion, and seventeen (17) enhanced differentiation as determined by the increase in proportions of CD34 ⁇ CD45RA+ cells compared to control (DMSO).
  • the six compounds promoting expansion of the CD34+CD45RA ⁇ cell population were re-analyzed in a secondary screen.
  • aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) antagonists Four out of these six compounds act as aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) antagonists, a mechanism of action (same as the SR1's) shown to promote the ex vivo expansion of huCD34+ cells. The remaining two compounds, determined as not being aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) antagonists, were shown to promote the expansion of MNCs including CD34+ cells during 7-day incubation. One of those two remaining compounds identified is Compound 1 (Table 1).
  • Culture medium The culture medium used consisted of serum-free medium supplemented with the following recombinant cytokines: interleukin-6, thrombopoietin, Flt-3 ligand, and stem cell factor, each at a final concentration of 100 ng/ml, in the presence of vehicle (DMSO), positive control (SR1), or compound of the invention or a combination of compounds.
  • cytokines interleukin-6, thrombopoietin, Flt-3 ligand, and stem cell factor, each at a final concentration of 100 ng/ml, in the presence of vehicle (DMSO), positive control (SR1), or compound of the invention or a combination of compounds.
  • DMSO vehicle
  • SR1 positive control
  • CD34+ cell purity of initial harvests was higher than 90%, as determined by flow cytometry.
  • the CD34+CD45RA ⁇ subpopulation reached purity levels higher than 70%.
  • CD34+ cells/ml from mobilized PB were plated with serum free media supplemented with interleukin-6, thrombopoietin, Flt3 ligand, and stem cell factor, each at a final concentration of 100 ng/ml, in the presence of vehicle (DMSO), positive control, or a compound of the invention at 500 nM.
  • DMSO vehicle
  • Compound 1 (Table 1) promoted more than 7-fold expansion of MNCs, more than 5-fold increase in CD34+ cells over input values (day 0), and almost 4-fold increase over the values determined for vehicle.
  • Compound 1-treated cells retained a high level of CD34 expression (65.8 ⁇ 5.5%) compared to cells cultured with vehicle (DMSO) (22.8 ⁇ 0.9%). Moreover, only Compound 1-treated cells retained the highest expression of CD34+CD45RA ⁇ population (24.8 ⁇ 0.9%) compared to that of vehicle (4.7 ⁇ 0.4%). The numbers of CD34+CD45RA ⁇ cultured with Compound 1 increased by almost 3-fold compared to that of vehicle and 7-fold more than that of input.
  • the compounds of the invention were assayed in a dose-response format (concentrations ranging from 1 nM to 5000 nM) to determine the effective concentration that produced a 50% increase in the number of CD34+CD45RA ⁇ cells compared to vehicle condition. The results are shown in Table 1.
  • Compound 1 does not Act Through Aryl Hydrocarbon (AhR) Pathway ( FIG. 1 )
  • Compound 1 is not a Mitogen ( FIG. 3 )
  • Compound 1 and Compound 40 Both Prevent Cell Differentiation and Synergizes with AhR Antagonist ( FIG. 4 )
  • FIG. 4A illustrates the impact of Compound 1 on mobilized peripheral blood cell differentiation. Following a 7 day expansion, a relatively pure (>85% CD34 + ) population of mobilized peripheral blood was exposed to control the (DMSO) or Compound 1 or SR1 or Compound 1+SR1. Results strongly indicate that cells rapidly loose CD34 cell surface expression in control cultures whereas this effect is partly abrogated by introducing optimal levels of SR1 and Compound 1. Interestingly both SR1 and Compound 1 synergize in maintaining CD34 expression on the cell surface. These observations have been repeated for cord blood specimens in FIG. 4B and also with Compound 40 in FIG. 4C .
  • CD34 + CD45RA ⁇ cells are more numerous in cultures supplemented with Compound 1 or 40 than they are in SR1 or in control cultures. Again additive effects of Compound 1 or compound 40 plus SR1 is observed in these cultures.
  • FIG. 4D provides a dose-response curve which indicates the potency of Compound 40 in preventing the disappearance of the CD34 marker on the surface of primitive human HSC enriched population. Note expression of CD34 varying with different dose of the compound.
  • FIG. 5 shows that Compound 1 but also Compound 40 expand human HSC phenotype ex vivo in both short term and long term cultures.
  • FIG. 5A shows that total cell count is increased by about 20 fold above the input in cultures initiated with CD34+ mobilized peripheral blood (mPB) and maintained for 12-days. The level of expansion is the same whether cultures are initiated with Compound 1, SR1, Compound 1+SR1, or control DMSO. Most strikingly the impact of Compound 1 is observed on more primitive CD34 + CD45RA ⁇ cell subpopulation which expands by about ten fold in the presence of Compound 1 and by about fifteen fold in the presence of Compound 1+SR1. This observation together with the results presented in FIG.
  • FIG. 5B shows that Compound 1 will lead to a 30-40-fold expansion of CD34 + CD45RA ⁇ cord blood cells over a seven day period whereas these cells are expanded by about fifteen fold in the presence of DMSO (control).
  • FIG. 5C shows similar results but this time with cultures extended to twelve days and Compound 1 is replaced by Compound 40. Again, as indicated in the left panel, total cell expansion is the same whether cells are exposed to DMSO (control), SR1, Compound 40 or both Compound 40 plus SR1.
  • CD34 + CD45RA ⁇ cells expand by 80-fold over 12-days in cultures supplemented with Compound 40, whereas these cells expand a little less than 20-fold in cultures initiated with SR1, showing the superiority of this compound over Aryl Hydrocarbon Repressor antagonist.
  • CFU-C colony-forming units in culture
  • Untreated cells or cells incubated with DMSO, positive control or a compound of the invention were plated in methylcellulose medium in conventional conditions.
  • Compound 1 (Table 1, Example 1) expands the number of multipotent hematopoietic progenitors.
  • Methylcellulose culture of 1000 CD34+ mPB cells treated with Compound 1 for 10 days resulted in a 5-fold increase in multilineage granulocyte erythrocyte, macrophage and megakaryocyte (GEMM colonies) over input cells and a 10-fold increase compared to control cells. This suggests that Compound 1 described herein also promotes expansion of multipotent progenitor cells.
  • FIG. 6 shows reconstitution of mouse bone marrow by human cells assessed thirteen weeks after transplantation. For mobilized blood, the outcome of 50,000 and 500,000 cells is presented in 6A. As shown there, HSC agonist SR1 was consistently better than DMSO (control) in expanding human stem cells as assessed in the NSG mouse model. Again Compound 1 appears to be superior to SR1 in these experiments. As seen in the in vitro cultures, Compound 1 and SR1 showed a synergistic effect in these experiments ( FIG. 6 ).
  • FIG. 7 shows the impact of Compound 1 and Compound 40 on cultured cord blood human HSC assessed in vivo in NSG mouse model.
  • Results in FIG. 7A indicate that Compound 1 has a clear effect on reconstitution activity of human cells when compared to control cultures. These experiments were done in short term cultures i.e. 7 days.
  • FIG. 7B indicates that Compound 40 has quite an important effect with average levels of reconstitution at 10% compared to 2% for DMSO control when using 1500 CD34 + cells.
  • the greater impact of Compound 40 in this experiment over Compound 1 ( FIG. 7A ) is potentially due to the longer culture period used in experiments described in FIG. 7B . More definitive in vivo experiments are provided in the next section using longer culture periods (12 to 16 days).
  • HSCs cord blood-derived hematopoietic stem cells
  • Compound 40 provided a major effect on expansion of all populations tested including CD34+CD45RA ⁇ cells up to at least 16 days. This effect was most impressive in the 12-16 day time points clearly demonstrating the synergy between fed-batch (FB in FIG. 8 ) and Compound 40.
  • Scheme 1 describes the synthesis of the common precursor (1-VI) to the compounds of the present invention.
  • an aryl fluoride 1-I is treated with an alkyl cyanoacetate 1-II in the presence of a base such as, but not limited to, sodium hydride.
  • the resulting product 1-III is then treated with a reducing agent such as, but not limited to, zinc dust in acetic acid to provide amino indoles 1-IV which are converted to the pyrimidines 1-V upon treatment with formamide and ammonium formate.
  • Compounds 1-V are treated with reagents such as phosphoryl chloride or phosphoryl bromide to provide the reactive intermediates 1-VI which are treated with amines 1-VII to provide the compounds 1-VIII of the present invention.
  • Scheme 2 describes the preparation of compounds 2-V.
  • the resulting intermediates 2-III are converted to the tricyclic adduct 2-IV with Pd(OAc) 2 (Zhang M. et al. Tetrahedron Letters, 2002, vol. 43, p. 8235).
  • Example 1 outlined herein below, the compounds of the present invention 2-V are obtained.
  • Reported HPLC retention time are for reverse-phase HPLC (Agilent, 1200 series) using the following conditions Solvent A: MeOH:H 2 O:TFA (5:95:0.05); Solvent B: MeOH:H 2 O:TFA (95:5:0.05); flow: 3.0 mL/min; gradient 0 to 100% B in 2.0 minutes; column: ZorbaxC18, 3.5 microns, 4.6 ⁇ 30 mm: wavelength 220 nm.
  • Mass spectra were recorded on a 6210 G1969A LC/MSD TOF spectrometer from Agilent Technologies or on a Quadrupole LC/MS Model G6120B from Agilent Technologies using the following LC conditions: Solvent A: AcCN:H 2 O:HCOOH (5:95:0.05); Solvent B: AcCN:H 2 O:HCOOH (95:5:0.05); gradient 0 to 100% B in 2.0 minutes; flow: 0.3 mL/min; column: ZorbaxC18, 3.5 microns, 2.1 ⁇ 30 mm; wavelength 220 nm.
  • the first eluting product obtained was of 7-(2-methyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl)-N-(3-(piperidin-1-yl)propyl)-9H-pyrimido[4,5-b]indol-4-amine (19 mg).
  • the second eluting product was of 7-(1-methyl-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)-N-(3-(piperidin-1-yl)propyl)-9H-pyrimido[4,5-b]indol-4-amine (5 mg).
  • LCMS m/z 392.2 (M+H) + , retention time (on analytical HPLC) 1.27 minutes.
  • Ferric chloride hexahydrate (1.540 g, 5.70 mmol) and zinc (1.242 g, 19.00 mmol) were added to a solution of the crude cyano-amide prepared above (0.5 g, 1.900 mmol) in DMF (4.75 mL) and water (4.75 mL) to give a yellow suspension. After the exotherm, the mixture was heated to 100° C. for 45 minutes and then slowly cooled to 20° C. and stirred for 22 hours. The solid was filtered, washed with DMF (3 ⁇ 3 mL) and the filtrate was diluted with water (40 mL) while stirring at 0° C. The solid was filtered and the cake washed with water (2 ⁇ 5 mL).
  • the solid contains mostly impurities.
  • the aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc (3 ⁇ 50 mL) and the combined organic layers were washed with water (50 mL) and then with brine (30 mL). The organic layer was dried over anh. MgSO 4 , filtered and concentrated to give 287 mg as a brown solid which was treated with acetone (6 mL) to give a solid suspension which was diluted with hexane (5 mL). Then the solid was collected and dried at 40° C.
  • Example 22 methyl 2-(hydroxy(phenyl)methyl)-4-((3-(piperidin-1-yl)propyl)amino)-9H-pyrimido[4,5-b]indole-7-carboxylate, TFA salt as a white solid: 1 H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d 6 ) ⁇ ppm 1.30-1.43 (m, 1H) 1.52-1.73 (m, 3H) 1.79 (br.
  • Dess-Martin periodinane reagent (22.67 mg, 0.053 mmol) was added to a mixture of methyl 2-(hydroxy(phenyl)methyl)-4-((3-(piperidin-1-yl)propyl)amino)-9H-pyrimido[4,5-b]indole-7-carboxylate (compound of Example 22) and TFA (15.7 mg, 0.027 mmol) in DCM (1000 ⁇ L, 15.54 mmol) to give a light orange solution.
  • Tosyl chloride (0.048 g, 0.251 mmol) was added portionwise to a cold mixture of methyl 4-((3-(piperidin-1-yl)propyl)amino)-2-(3-(2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(hydroxyimino)ethyl)benzyl)-9H-pyrimido[4,5-b]indole-7-carboxylate (0.130 g, 0.229 mmol), 4-dimethylaminopyridine (2.79 mg, 0.023 mmol) and triethylamine (0.038 mL, 0.274 mmol) in DCM (10.00 mL) to give a white suspension.
  • Trimethyl(trifluoromethyl)silane (0.7 mL, 3.5 mmol) was added to a mixture of methyl 2-(3-formylbenzyl)-4-((3-(piperidin-1-yl)propyl)amino)-9H-pyrimido[4,5-b]indole-7-carboxylate (0.260 g, 0.535 mmol) and cesium fluoride (5.69 mg, 0.037 mmol) cooled to 0° C. After stirring for 2 days at room temperature, HCl conc. (0.5 mL) in 2 mL of water was added and stirred 15 min.
  • Dess-Martin periodinane (56.5 mg, 0.133 mmol) was added to methyl 4-((3-(piperidin-1-yl)propyl)amino)-2-(3-(2,2,2-trifluoro-1-hydroxyethyl)benzyl)-9H-pyrimido[4,5-b]indole-7-carboxylate (20 mg, 0.036 mmol) in DCM (753 ⁇ L) to give a white suspension. After stirring at 20° C.
  • reaction mixture was slowly poured into an ice-water mixture (33.0 mL) and conc.HCl (0.952 mL).
  • the resulting yellow slurry was stirred for 30 minutes, the solid was filtered, washed with water (3 ⁇ 5 mL) and then with Hexane (2 ⁇ 5 mL), dried at 40° C.
  • Acetic anhydride (0.917 mL, 9.72 mmol) was added to (Z)-2-benzyl-N′-hydroxy-4-((3-(piperidin-1-yl)propyl)amino)-9H-pyrimido[4,5-b]indole-7-carboximidamide, HCl (0.040 g, 0.081 mmol) to give a tan suspension and the mixture was heated by microwaves to 140° C. for 30 minutes.
  • reaction mixture was diluted with DCM (3 mL), filtered, rinsed with MeOH (2 ⁇ 2 mL) and then with DCM (2 ⁇ 2 mL) and concentrated to dryness to give 19 mg as a light yellow solid which was purified by flash chromatography to give a white solid (14 mg) which was treated with CH 3 CN (2 mL). After stirring the white suspension at 20° C. for 1 hour, the solid was filtered, washed with CH 3 CN (1 ⁇ 1 mL) and dried at 40° C.
  • Trimethyl(trifluoromethyl)silane (3.13 mL, 21.20 mmol) was added to a mixture of ethyl 2-(3-formylphenyl)acetate (2.91 g, 15.14 mmol) and cesium fluoride (0.161 g, 1.060 mmol) in DMF (20.19 mL) cooled to 0-5° C. After stirring for 1.5 hour, a solution of TBAF 1M in THF (15.14 mL) was added. The resulting yellow solution was stirred at 0-5° C. and after 30 minutes, the mixture was poured into water (150 mL) and extracted with MTBE (1 ⁇ 150 mL, then 2 ⁇ 100 mL).
  • Benzyl bromide (0.330 mL, 2.78 mmol) was added to a mixture of ethyl 2-(3-(2,2,2-trifluoro-1-hydroxyethyl)phenyl)acetate (0.648 g, 2.471 mmol) and K 2 CO 3 (1.059 g, 7.66 mmol) in acetonitrile (17.00 mL) and the mixture was stirred while heated to reflux (75-80° C.) for 24 hours.
  • Ts-Cl (0.060 g, 0.315 mmol) was added portion-wise to a mixture of methyl 4-((3-((3-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)propyl)(methyl)amino)propyl)amino)-2-(3-(2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(hydroxyimino)ethyl)benzyl)-9H-pyrimido[4,5-b]indole-7-carboxylate (0.184 g, 0.274 mmol), DMAP (3.35 mg, 0.027 mmol) and triethylamine (0.048 mL, 0.342 mmol) in DCM (12 mL) to give a tan solution.
  • Trifluoroacetic acid (0.400 mL, 5.19 mmol) was added to a solution of methyl 4-((3-((3-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)propyl)(methyl)amino)propyl)amino)-2-(3-(3-(trifluoromethyl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)benzyl)-9H-pyrimido[4,5-b]indole-7-carboxylate (0.064 g, 0.096 mmol) in DCM (4 mL) to give a light yellow solution. After stirring at 20° C. for 30 minutes, the reaction mixture was diluted with DCM (15 mL), washed with sat.
  • Example 53 methyl 4-((3-(methyl(3-(5-((3aS,4S,6aR)-2-oxohexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-4-yl)pentanamido)propyl)amino)propyl)amino)-2-(3-(3-(trifluoromethyl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl)benzyl)-9H-pyrimido[4,5-b]indole-7-carboxylate (51 mg, 0.064 mmol, 81% yield) as a white solid: 1 H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d 6 ) ⁇ ppm 1.18-1.34 (m, 3H)
  • Reported HPLC retention time are for reverse-phase HPLC (Agilent, 1200 series) using the following conditions Solvent A: MeOH:H 2 O:TFA (5:95:0.05); Solvent B: MeOH:H 2 O:TFA (95:5:0.05); flow: 3.0 mL/min.; gradient 0 to 100% B in 2.0 min; column: ZorbaxC18, 3.5 microns, 4.6 ⁇ 30 mm; wavelength 220 nm.
  • CFU-C colony-forming units in culture
  • Untreated cells or cells incubated with DMSO, positive control or a compound of the invention were plated in methylcellulose medium in conventional conditions.
  • Compound 1 (Table 1, Example 1) expands the number of multipotent hematopoietic progenitors.
  • Methylcellulose culture of 1000 CD34+ mPB cells treated with Compound 1 for 10 days resulted in a 5-fold increase in multilineage granulocyte erythrocyte, macrophage and megakaryocyte (GEMM colonies) over input cells and a 10-fold increase compared to control cells. This suggests that Compound 1 promotes expansion of multipotent progenitor cells.
  • CD34+ mPB cells cultured with compounds of the invention engraft immunodeficient strain NOD scid gamma (NSG) mice.
  • NSG mice The outcome of 2,000,000 and 500,000 CD34+ mPB cells cultured for 10 days with Compound 1 (Table 1, Example 1) or vehicle control conditions were transplanted in NSG mice. After 8 weeks post transplantation, human hematopoietic cell reconstitution was checked in the NSG bone marrow using antibody against human CD45. Cells treated with Compound 1 but not with vehicle were able to engraft NSG mice. Moreover, the reconstitution of the human myeloid and lymphoid compartments was also confirmed, as the bone marrow cells were positive for human CD33+ and CD19+ respectively.
  • CD34+ mPB cells cultured with compounds of the invention engraft immunodeficient strain NOD scid gamma (NSG) mice.
  • NSG mice The outcome of 2,000,000 and 500,000 CD34+ mPB cells cultured for 10 days with Compound 1 (Table 1, Example 1) or vehicle control conditions were transplanted in NSG mice. After 8 weeks post transplantation, human hematopoietic cell reconstitution was checked in the NSG bone marrow using antibody against human CD45. Cells treated with Compound 1 but not with vehicle were able to engraft NSG mice. Moreover, the reconstitution of the human myeloid and lymphoid compartments was also confirmed, as the bone marrow cells were positive for human CD33+ and CD19+ respectively.

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